پیڑ

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit *पदड़ (*padaḍa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /pɛːɽᵊ/

Noun

پَیڑ • (paiṛ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੈੜ)

1. a footprint

   Synonym: کُھرا (khurā)

2. the sound of footsteps
3. a high place built for kings
4. scaffolding
5. search

Declension

Declension of پیڑ
dir. sg.	پَیڑ (paiṛ)
dir. pl.	پَیڑاں (paiṛāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	پَیڑ (paiṛ)	پَیڑاں (paiṛāṉ)
oblique	پَیڑ (paiṛ)	پَیڑاں (paiṛāṉ)
vocative	پَیڑے (paiṛe)	پَیڑو (paiṛo)
ablative	پَیڑوں (paiṛoṉ)	پَیڑاں (paiṛāṉ)
locative	پَیڑی (paiṛī)	پَیڑِیں (paiṛīṉ)
instrumental	پَیڑِیں (paiṛīṉ)	پَیڑے (paiṛe)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پَیڑ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਪੈੜ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*padaḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 438

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit †*𑀧𑁂𑀟 (†*peḍa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /peːɽᵊ/

Noun

پیڑ • (peṛ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੇੜ)

1. tree

Declension

Declension of پیڑ
dir. sg.	پَیڑ (paiṛ)
dir. pl.	پَیڑ (paiṛ)
	singular	plural
direct	پَیڑ (paiṛ)	پَیڑ (paiṛ)
oblique	پَیڑ (paiṛ)	پَیڑاں (paiṛāṉ)
vocative	پَیڑا (paiṛā)	پَیڑو (paiṛo)
ablative	پَیڑوں (paiṛoṉ)	پَیڑاں (paiṛāṉ)
locative	پَیڑے (paiṛe)	پَیڑِیں (paiṛīṉ)
instrumental	پَیڑوں (paiṛoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پیڑ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “پیڑ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “†*pēḍa-²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 475

Etymology 3

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀻𑀟𑀸 (pīḍā), from Sanskrit पीडा (pīḍā́).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /piːɽᵊ/

Noun

پِیڑ • (pīṛ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੀੜ)

1. pain; ache
2. (figuratively):
   1. love
   2. pity; mercy
3. the residue of crushed sugarcane

Declension

Declension of پیڑ
dir. sg.	پَیڑ (paiṛ)
dir. pl.	پَیڑ (paiṛ)
	singular	plural
direct	پَیڑ (paiṛ)	پَیڑ (paiṛ)
oblique	پَیڑ (paiṛ)	پَیڑاں (paiṛāṉ)
vocative	پَیڑا (paiṛā)	پَیڑو (paiṛo)
ablative	پَیڑوں (paiṛoṉ)	پَیڑاں (paiṛāṉ)
locative	پَیڑے (paiṛe)	پَیڑِیں (paiṛīṉ)
instrumental	پَیڑوں (paiṛoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پِیڑ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਪੀੜ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pīḍā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 465

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *peḍ-. Cognate with Punjabi پیڑ (peṛ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /peːɽ/

Noun

پیڑ • (peṛ) m (Hindi spelling पेड़)

1. tree

   Synonym: درخت (daraxt)

2. plant, shrub

Derived terms

• جَڑ پیڑ (jaṛ-peṛ, “whole”, literally “root and plant”)

References

• “پیڑ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پیڑ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “پیڑ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “پیڑ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.